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Hey there, Sprouts. Today is Monday, May 20th, 2019.

This week on the Catholic Sprouts podcast, we are doing a special series dedicated to all of you that received your first communion this spring.

I know lots of sprouts have made that huge step and received that

incredible sacrament. So if you're one of them, or if you received it in the recent years,

or are looking forward to receiving it in the coming years, this is an important week.

We are going to talk all about Eucharistic miracles.

Eucharistic miracles. Now, what is a Eucharistic miracle? Well, we believe and we know it's true

that Jesus Christ is truly present in the Eucharist.

Even though it looks like bread and wine, we know that it is truly Jesus's body and truly

Jesus's blood.

That is why we treat them so reverently.

That is why it is such a big, amazing deal to make your first communion. We believe that

this is true. Now, here's the thing, though. This is a little bit crazy. And I think it's important

that we acknowledge that this can be a little bit of a crazy thing to believe. Even at the time when Jesus was alive and he preached

and he told them, my body is true food, my blood is true drink, people thought that was crazy.

And he actually lost many followers when he said that. But he didn't care. This is the truth. And he wasn't going to

change it just so that people would follow him. So it is a difficult thing to believe. And we are

asked to believe without proof. It still tastes like bread. It still looks like bread. It still feels like bread. And yet we know that

although it is in the same form physically, it has been utterly changed into the body and blood of

Jesus Christ. Now, there have been many times during history, however, when the Eucharist that has

been consecrated and changed into Jesus' body and blood has done miraculous things. Most often we are

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